Comments on: Somali ideophones revealed http://ideophone.org/somali-ideophones/ Sounding out ideas on African languages, sound symbolism, and expressivity Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:40:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Dingemanse http://ideophone.org/somali-ideophones/comment-page-1/#comment-735 Mark Dingemanse Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:57:08 +0000 http://ideophone.org/?p=93#comment-735 ROFL! the sea is <em>shabaax</em> today! As for Soqotri, I don't know much about it, except that it is usually classified as South Semitic unlike Somali, which is an Eastern Cushitic language. ROFL! the sea is shabaax today!

As for Soqotri, I don’t know much about it, except that it is usually classified as South Semitic unlike Somali, which is an Eastern Cushitic language.

]]> By: khawaji http://ideophone.org/somali-ideophones/comment-page-1/#comment-733 khawaji Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:02:16 +0000 http://ideophone.org/?p=93#comment-733 I have just been trying to pick up a bit of Somali, as I have had some recent contact with Somali refugees, and this bit on the languages ideophones is a great encouragement to be a bit more dedicated. In one of my recent moments of distraction, I ended up reading quite a bit about Somali piracy (they have a recent average of an attack every 10 days or less)... I wonder if there is a Somali pirate language developing - that could be pretty humorous - "<em>Yar</em>! this <em>fadfad</em> is <em>xaax</em>, shiver me timbers!" On another note I also began wondering whether Somali is related to Soqotri, the language spoken on the Yemeni Island. Do you know anything about this language? I have just been trying to pick up a bit of Somali, as I have had some recent contact with Somali refugees, and this bit on the languages ideophones is a great encouragement to be a bit more dedicated. In one of my recent moments of distraction, I ended up reading quite a bit about Somali piracy (they have a recent average of an attack every 10 days or less)… I wonder if there is a Somali pirate language developing – that could be pretty humorous – “Yar! this fadfad is xaax, shiver me timbers!”
On another note I also began wondering whether Somali is related to Soqotri, the language spoken on the Yemeni Island. Do you know anything about this language?

]]> By: Adan Makina http://ideophone.org/somali-ideophones/comment-page-1/#comment-589 Adan Makina Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:24:01 +0000 http://ideophone.org/?p=93#comment-589 Thanks for visiting my blog and also thanks for leaving a comment. The blog will be expanded soon. Feel free to visit again. Thanks for visiting my blog and also thanks for leaving a comment. The blog will be expanded soon. Feel free to visit again.

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